Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A Black man, named in the only source as Angiolo or something close to it, was held in the jail in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, in January 1876. According to a dispatch printed in The Home Journal on February 17, 1876, a crowd took him from the jail shortly after his arrest and hanged him before a large gathering of white and Black onlookers. He was reportedly taken in connection with the killing of Col. Shell in the parish that January. The Home Journal, citing the dispatch, is the only account of the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Home Journal, reporting a dispatch, says a crowd took him from jail and hanged him.
Reported by: The Home Journal (reporting a dispatch) (reporters).